Bill > HR3087

This bill amends the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 to strengthen the powers of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board. The bill establishes a presumption that all federal, state, and local government records related to civil rights cold cases (historical unsolved cases involving civil rights violations) should be disclosed to the public. It allows the Review Board to reimburse state and local governments for expenses incurred while digitizing, photocopying, or mailing civil rights cold case records to be included in the national collection. The bill also removes previous restrictions that exempted state and local governments from transmitting records and eliminates certain privacy protections for records created on or before January 1, 1990. Additionally, the bill extends the tenure of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board from 7 to 11 years, giving the board more time to collect, review, and disclose historical civil rights case records. The overall goal is to increase transparency and public understanding of historical civil rights cases by making more documentation accessible.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3087/all-info